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[timepiececlock]

I think my goldfish died overnight. Edward and Mulder have been floating on their sides near the top of the water since around 1:30 last night, and I think 11 hours is plenty of time to have slept and woken up again. Tasuki, who was swimming fine when I went to bed, is now floating stationary on the bottom. Last night my roommate convinced me that Mulder and Edward were just faking it, doing some kind of sleeping thing, but I think they're dead. It's kind of sad.

Edit: So, I sent Mulder, Tasuki, and little Edward down the toilet. They were definitely dead. I expected them to last at least a week; what cheap goldfish. I made sure to flush, though. I actually considered just leaving them there to freak out the next person who used the bathroom, but realistically there's only 8 girls and they'd all know it was my fish in the toilet, so the joke wouldn't have been all that funny.

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[sunlit5.livejournal.com]

Sorry bout the fish and as for the other?

Evil.


Sun

[d-irge.livejournal.com]

The general rule of thumb is one gallon per inch of fish. Anything smaller than that and you risk suffocation and toxic waste build-up. Also, if you just dumped them in a bowl of fresh tap water, there's no natural ecosystem in there, so between stress and a much lowered fish immunity, they tend to die rather easily.

When I bought Angel, Darla, Drusilla and Spike three years ago, I had no idea what I was getting into. Between the 100 gallon tank, python pump, bio-wheel filter, heaters ammonia/carbon chips, rocks(!) and air pump, I ended up blowing a pretty penny - especially since being the spastic piranha they were, they broke the damn heater every month or so.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I was planning to go buy them a tank today, but it wasn't realistic for me to get it yestderday, since I got them aroun 9 at night. I was hoping they'd last at least 24 hours, but I guess that was too much to hope for.

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your goldfish. :(

My friend got a beta from the store recently and it died within a week. A lot of these stores and shops just don't take good care of their fish...or maybe they're just really old. Who knows.